Required texts -

"Getting Past No" by William Ury (Revised Edition 1993).

[OPTIONAL] "Diplomacy: Theory and Practice" by G.R. Berridge (Third Edition 2005).

Notebooks -

Students will need notebooks for maintaining a meeting/activity journal. I recommend one or more Moleskine Brand notebooks which can be purchased from Amazon.com. I personally use Moleskine Pocket Squared Notebooks.

Required supplemental materials -

Role playing materials will result in a course fee of $32 per student to cover copy costs and royalties for several of the copyrighted scenarios. Please use the PayPal link below as soon as possible, or arrange another form of payment to reimburse me.

Grading will break down as follows:

• 20% – Attendance: Please minimize absences to the greatest extent possible. If you cannot avoid missing a class, please let me know in advance so that I can adjust role playing exercises accordingly and prepare some “make-up” work. [14 Class Days for 200 points – 50 points lost per day missed!!]
• 40% – Simulation Participation: Your participation grade will be based on your performance in role playing simulations and class activities. This grading category will be largely evaluated by your peers. Participant surveys will be distributed following simulations so that members of both your delegation and your opponents will be able to rate your performance. [10 Simulation Class Days for 400 points (300 points peers / 100 points Rothfuss]
• 6% – Discussion Questions: A set of questions will be handed out for each of the discussion topics. [Discussion Questions for “Mariyinsky”, Discussion Questions for “To Hell…” total 50 points]
• 2% – Journal: You will take copious notes throughout the simulations, side meetings, etc. I will look at your journals and/or have you turn in photocopies along with delegation reports. Please keep everything in one journal to make life easier. [30 points]
• 2% – Evaluation sheets: You will be required to turn in evaluation sheets of your peers for each simulation. Please do it and be thoughtful. [6 simulations evaluation sheets for 30 points]
• 20% – Memos: You will turn in a number of memos including individual and/or delegation guidance and briefing memos. These will all be relatively short (~500 words), but will sometimes require group drafting by consensus. [6 briefing memos (Kaotian Crisis, Meridia and Petrocentram, Tulia and Ibad, and Cobia, Peace Process and UN Security Council), 2 guidance memos (Peace Process and UN Security Council), 1 delegation guidance memo (Peace Process), 1 delegation report memo (peace process) at 20 points each for 200 points total]
• 10% – Diplomacy Paper / Info Memo: You will have a 1500 word essay (~3 pages) analyzing and critiquing a matter of diplomacy and/or negotiation. Topics can include current or past events, but should not address any of the areas covered by simulations. It would be best to run the topic by me before writing the paper. This paper will be primarily *your* opinion, but should draw upon practices and theory learned in this class. It should also be written in a very concise and informative manner (an Info Memo). For an essay of this length, it is often best to write 2000-2500 words and then consolidate thoughts, improve organization, and cut out all of the ‘fluff’ and flowery wording. [Topic 10 pts; 2500 Draft 10 pts; 1500 Draft 10 pts; Final 70 pts]